Christmas Well
Shire of Leonora
Christmas Well is a gold, nickel and copper exploration project in the Shire of Leonora, Western Australia. Its 17 WAMEX reports were lodged by 8 companies between 1978 and 2025, most recently Magnetic Resources Nl in 2025.
Reports
17
Operators
8
companies on record
Worked
48yrs
1978 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Gold
6 commodities on record
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Christmas Well in the Shire of Leonora
Ground extent181 × 98 km
Report areas mapped11
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Christmas Well, most active first.
Magnetic Resources Nl 7Yilgarn Exploration Ventures Pty Ltd 3Dale & Associates 2Sensore Yilgarn Ventures Pty Ltd Yilgarn Exploration Ventures 1Aldoro Resources Limited 1Newcrest Operations Ltd 1Cornwall Resources Corporation Nl 1Anaconda Aust Inc 1
Who controls this ground today
Today 118 live and pending tenements sit over the Christmas Well ground, held under 32 names.
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- The area they cover and when they expire
- The main holders here, by number of titles
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- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Christmas Well
- Local government
- Shire of Leonora
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 15 · Copper 2 · Cobalt 1 · Nickel 1 · Base Metals 1 · Zinc 1
- Work on record
- RAB drilling 5 · Rock chip sampling 5 · Surface geochemistry 5 · RC drilling 4 · Soil sampling 4 · Wamex review 3 · Geological interpretation 2 · Geological reconnaissance 2
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 11 of 17 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 2 of 17 record no work done
- Report types
- Final Surrender 9 · Annual 7 · Non-statutory 1
Reports by decade
11970s
1980s
31990s
12000s
2010s
122020s
Exploration reports
17 WAMEX reports filed over Christmas Well.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A146090 | 2025 | Magnetic Resources Nl | Surrender Report, P37/8693 Christmas Well, Western Australia, Reporting Period 8 November 2016 to 7 November |
| A146081 | 2025 | Magnetic Resources Nl | Surrender Report, P37/8690 Christmas Well, Western Australia, Reporting Period 8 November 2016 to 7 November |
| A146080 | 2025 | Magnetic Resources Nl | Surrender Report, P37/8689 Christmas Well, Western Australia, Reporting Period 8 November 2016 to 7 November |
| A146065 | 2025 | Magnetic Resources Nl | Surrender Report, P37/8688 Christmas Well, Western Australia, Reporting Period 8 November 2016 to 7 November |
| A146064 | 2025 | Magnetic Resources Nl | Surrender Report, P37/8687 Christmas Well, Western Australia, Reporting Period 8 November 2016 to 7 November |
| A142842 | 2024 | Sensore Yilgarn Ventures Pty Ltd; Yilgarn Exploration Ventur | Christmas Well Project C44/2021 Final Surrender for the period ending 30 April 2024 |
| A135458 | 2023 | Yilgarn Exploration Ventures Pty Ltd | Christmas Well Project Combined Annual Technical Report - C44/2021 for the period ending 10/03/2023 |
| A131053 | 2022 | Magnetic Resources Nl | Surrender Report P37/8692 Christmas Well, Western Australia, Reporting Period 8 November 2016 to 28 April 202 |
| A131051 | 2022 | Magnetic Resources Nl | Surrender Report, P37/8691 Christmas Well, Western Australia, Reporting Period 8 November 2016 to 28 April 20 |
| A130875 | 2022 | Yilgarn Exploration Ventures Pty Ltd | Christmas Well Annual Technical Report C44/2021 for the period ending 10/03/2022. |
| A127570 | 2021 | Yilgarn Exploration Ventures Pty Ltd | Christmas Well Annual Technical Report C44/2021 for the period ending 10/03/2021 |
| A122498 | 2020 | Aldoro Resources Limited | Annual Report for E36/931 Christmas Well for the period 28 November 2018 to 27 November 2019 |
| A64856 | 2002 | Newcrest Operations Ltd | Final Report Christmas Well Joint Venture E39/505. |
| A46221 | 1995 | Cornwall Resources Corporation Nl | 1995 Annual Report on Christmas Well Project (Prospecting Licence 37/4391 and 4392) from 19/8/94 to 18/8/95. |
| A43217 | 1994 | Dale & Associates | Christmas Well Project, Annual Report Prospecting Licences P37/4391 & 4392 for period 19/08/1993 to 18/08/1994 |
| A39743 | 1993 | Dale & Associates | Christmas Well Project, Annual Report for the period 19/08/1992 to 18/08/1993, P37/4391 & 4392. |
| A7508 | 1978 | Anaconda Aust Inc | Final report on Christmas Well, Mineral Claims 37/5597, 37/5602, 37/5603, 37/6190-6192 |
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